Evangelical Lutheran Church-Colombia Synod (ELCCS) 1968-1974.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church-Colombia Synod (ELCCS) 1968-1974.

The records chronicle the relationship between the Division of World Missions (DWM) of The American Lutheran Church (TALC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church-Colombia Synod (ELCCS). They contain agreements between TALC and the ELCCS, budgets, minutes, and statistics. Some of the minutes are in Portuguese. The bulk consists of correspondence. Correspondents from the Division of World Missions of TALC are Executive Directors Theodore P. Fricke (1963-1970) and Morris A. Sorenson, Jr. (1970-1981). There is also correspondence from Sorenson from his service as an assistant director from 1966-1970 and from Lester A. Dahlen (1971-1972) and John C. Westby (1972- 1987), who served as secretaries for Latin America. The chief correspondent from the ELCCS is the president, Pausanias Wilches. The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.

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See TALC 14/10/2. From the description of Igreja Evangľica de Confissô Luterana no Brasil Files 1963-1974. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48166192 See TALC 14/10/2. From the description of Association of ALC Personnel in Brazil 1921-1975; 1961-1974. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48166189 See TALC 14. From the description of Administrative Subject Files 1932-1974 ...

Wilches, Pausanias.

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Westby, John C.

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Fricke, Theodore P

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Sorenson, Morris A. Jr.(1927-

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)

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Evangelical Lutheran Church - Colombia Synod.

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Dahlen, Lester A., 1917-

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